The 7 Most Popular DEV Posts from the Past Week

Every Monday we round up the previous week's top posts based on traffic, engagement, and a hint of editorial curation. The typical week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, but don't worry, we take into account posts that are published later in the week. ❤️

1. Pillars of Strength

Kenny gives his friend, Damion Wright a shoutout for their Linkedin post on being a Black person in the workforce. Kenny's own notes on the factors that went into the "simple" decision of adding a profile picture on DEV are an important read.

I'm a Software Engineer, wearing a mask, but it’s not COVID-19 related…

Kenny Whyte ・ Jun 5 '20

#blacklivesmatter #software #dev

2. Getting Resourceful with Web Development

Thanks to Jose, there's an awesome round-up of free and up-to-date resources on DEV for illustrations, CSS, Tailwind, and more!

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3. Finding the Second Largest Number in an Array

A breakdown of the steps to answer a common, often tricky interview stumper — and Cat will be tackling more in the weeks to come! 🥳

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4. Advanced Vim Movements

Sachin helps us level up from the Vim basics with some more advanced Vim movements to arrive at the configuration file.

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5. Educated Guessing with Brute Forcing

Paula shares a brute force command they made that creates guessing options from a fitting range using a genetic algorithm.

Genetic algorithms for brute forcing

Paula ・ Jun 4 '20

#cpp #security #bash

6. When Tech Gets Spooky

Heshie asks how you'd feel if every store you visited took a picture of you and then compared it with neighboring stores until they found the one that you're a customer at — with your info. You'd feel bad, right? This post explores a real-life (and all too common) example of this very creepy thing in practice.

I was emailed after abandoning a registration form. I did not click Submit. This is not ok.

Heshie Brody ・ Jun 1 '20

#privacy #webdev #security #watercooler

7. Good Partnerships = Good Code

Juraj shares their perspective on how to be a great partner to your team by avoiding common traps like renamings and code generalizations to put the focus where it counts: on being a great collaborator and producing quality work.

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That's it for our weekly wrap up! Keep an eye on dev.to this week for daily content and discussions...and if you miss anything, we'll be sure to recap it next Monday!